J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds over Distant Mountains 1799

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds over Distant Mountains’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 81 Verso:
Clouds over Distant Mountains 1799
D02117
Turner Bequest XLVI 81a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘D’, ‘W’, ‘Y’, ‘G’, ‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’ in the drawing
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. Such drawings in this sketchbook provide evidence that Turner deliberately sought high viewpoints in Snowdonia, including the upper slopes of Snowdon itself, and possibly Elidir Fawr: see also the entry for folio 82 verso (D02119).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds over Distant Mountains 1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-over-distant-mountains-r1179976, accessed 25 April 2024.